Kashima Antlers midfielder Gaku Shibasaki hailed his club’s winning DNA after capturing a record eighth J. League title against Urawa Reds on Saturday. Antlers added another chapter to their gilded history after recovering from a 1-0 defeat in the first leg of the championship ...

Kashima Antlers midfielder Gaku Shibasaki looks set to miss the start of the upcoming season after undergoing surgery for acute appendicitis, the J. League first-division club announced on Friday. The 23-year-old Shibasaki had the operation on Tuesday and will need around four weeks to ...

National team manager Javier Aguirre has urged his players to think for themselves after watching his new side fail to register a win in his first two games in charge. Japan drew 2-2 with Venezuela in Yokohama on Tuesday night after losing 2-0 to ...

National team manager Javier Aguirre has urged his players to think for themselves after watching his new side fail to register a win in his first two games in charge. Japan drew 2-2 with Venezuela in Yokohama on Tuesday night after losing 2-0 to ...

Japan twice took the lead but failed to deliver a first win for new manager Javier Aguirre in a 2-2 friendly draw with Venezuela on Tuesday night. Rookie FC Tokyo forward Yoshinori Muto put Japan ahead with his first international goal six minutes after ...

Gaku Shibasaki hopes he can take his first step onto the international stage Tuesday, hours after a fellow Aomori Yamada High School alumni tries to make sporting history with the world watching him — that being Kei Nishikori. In New York on Monday, Nishikori ...

It has been a few years since Kashima Antlers could rightly be described as the team to beat in the J. League, but this season’s early form suggests the seven-time champions are fast recovering their old aura. Antlers lead the table after six games ...

Kashima Antlers midfielder Gaku Shibasaki may be only 21, but such is the wise head on his young shoulders that 34-year-old club captain Mitsuo Ogasawara already considers him an “old man.” Shibasaki has established himself as one of the J. League’s classiest operators in ...